CVE-2006-1588

medium

Description

The bridge ioctl (if_bridge code) in NetBSD 1.6 through 3.0 does not clear sensitive memory before copying ioctl results to the requesting process, which allows local users to obtain portions of kernel memory.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25582

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17312

http://www.osvdb.org/24262

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015846

http://secunia.com/advisories/19464

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-04-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00078